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1. mds mountain of work with no help

   WeSignificants replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I live in California, an LVN doing long term MDS in a snf. RN does the skilled. I get $28.00 an

2. Mandatory meetings and night shift

   WeSignificants replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   At my facility, the mandatory meetings are also held at 2 or 2:30pm and to tell the truth, night shift hardly ever comes. There are always threats in the posting of the meeting (discipline if you...

3. mds mountain of work with no help

   WeSignificants replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   LVN MDS Coordinator here. I put my foot down and only go to department head meeting. We have Unit Managers. They can go to Care Conferences, Restraints, skin, etc, etc. We have a 120 bed facility...

4. RNs in LTC

   WeSignificants replied to surfnbeagle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Here in California, Title XXII requires one RN per shift for any building over 99 beds. For

5. Nursing Home Charting

   WeSignificants replied to RUNEMASTER's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Sorry to hear you didn't like nursing and are

6. websites for LTC staff development

   WeSignificants replied to smc's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Was a DSD for 8 years before I gave it up and went on to MDS's. I used competition a lot for all sorts of things. Post the weekly skin number, accident numbers, employee incidents, etc. Nobody...

7. covering her butt

   WeSignificants replied to nrsnangel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   If I had been in charge, I might have requested the noc nurse put in any late entries that were valid. She may very well have seen the resident in the missing time frame but if nothing was unusual...